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The thing that made Tyler Perry rich is much in evidence in "Tyler Perry's Temptation." It was called "Confessions of a Marriage Counselor" when he toured with it on stage. There's no Madea here. But the women are beautiful, serious about clothes, makeup, hair and church. Older women typically get the funny, sometimes profane, always "you-listen-to-me-child" lines. The men are shirtless, rapacious heels, or sensitive pretty-boy disappointments. That doesn't matter, as these movies are first and foremost "chick flicks" — sermonettes about relationships, deserving more and eventually getting it. The women, I mean. But...

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The thing that made Tyler Perry rich is much in evidence in "Tyler Perry's Temptation." It was called "Confessions of a Marriage Counselor" when he toured with it on stage.
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George GreenLyricist and songwriter
George Green, 59, who wrote lyrics for some of John Mellencamp's biggest hits, as well as songs for Barbra Streisand and others, died Sunday in Albuquerque of a rapid-forming lung cancer, his wife,...

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